NEPA Times Leader: Cities want in on Luzerne County blighted property databaseTimes Leader: Report: Sue Henry out at WILKTimes-Tribune: Scranton council introduces residency waiver for mayor’s pick for business administrator

South CentralWITF: Gates Foundation director to lead Pa. state system of universitiesPatriot News: Wolf administration, City of Harrisburg launch suit over incinerator debt crisisPatriot News: State, Harrisburg seek big payback from professionals in incinerator lawsuitPatriot News: Vote on proposed Harrisburg school budget with tax hikes, staff cuts, postponedPatriot News: Arrests at Poor People’s Campaign rally inside Pa. CapitolPatriot News: One-vote lead for one candidate turns into one-vote lead for the other in tight GOP racePatriot News: New chancellor for Pa.’s 14 state universities stresses better-equipped students, not closing campusesWHTM: Lawsuit seeks to recoup costs of failed Harrisburg incineratorLNP: UGI’s residential price to drop 12.1% by year end

OpinionEllwood City Ledger: Our view: Kelly misses the mark on racial divideInquirer: Council president should let his colleagues decide on collecting unpaid property taxes | EditorialInquirer: Soda tax may not be the only school-funding loss if new Pa. House Bill passes | OpinionDelco Times: Editorial: It’s time for common sense talk on gun rightsTribune Review: A sensible projectPost-Gazette: Do the job or depart: Mick Mulvaney should resign from the CFPBPatriot News: Newly published Wolf admin medical marijuana rules keep public needlessly in the dark | EditorialPatriot News: Cleaner air takes all of us working together | OpinionPatriot News: Pa. kids need CHIP to grow up healthy | OpinionLNP: Maybe love ought to govern our decisions about gun regulation and school safety (imagine that)Reading Eagle: Editorial: Trump shows weak hand in bid to lower drug prices

2 thoughts on “5/22 PoliticsPA Playbook”

What effect the Wolf and Casey races have down ballot is the story of the Fall. Wagner is no Tom Ridge and is not an easy sell with the negative primary he ran along with his humorless personality. Then the Trump effect with his daily scandals with porn stars and reality show contestants surely will not draw the needed independents to Wagner. Wolf comes off much friendlier and a man of substance. If this race and the Casey race keep widening the down ballot congressional races could suffer. The Lou Barletta and Trump bonding really will keep independents away from the R’s. The cocktail is there for really big victories at the two top tier races.